I have enjoyed doing this blog and meeting all the people along the way, but it is time for me to pursue different interests and part with my alter ego. She served her purpose and helped me through many tough times by making me laugh and enjoy remembering a decade that brought so much joy to my life and yours. To all my many fans, thank you for following and bringing further joy to my life. I wish you all the best and ROCK ON!!!

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I know I am! Every year at this time, this blog shuts down for summer. Please stop by and view old posts and comment while I am away. I would love to hear from you! When I return in the Fall, I will have the Top 1983 Hits! Some of your favorite music with videos.

I like a movie that makes me jump! This movie will make that happen for you! Remember the famous series episode with William Shatner? Here is John Lithgow’s take on that same sketch. Both men do an excellent job! =D

I had to read this S.E. Hinton book in junior high. I did not like reading SCHOOL books and then seeing the movie, but I made an exception here. The all star cast is amazing in this film. One of my favorite 80s films.

I’m not a very happy father right now. When I got home from work today I learned that my daughter’s campaign for school treasurer hit a snag. Here is the problem.

She is running for treasurer, so she and her mother thought that her campaign should do something comical with money. So, they went down to the dollar store and bought bags of fake money. Then, right over the middle of phoney money where the president’s picture would be they taped candy to it. On the back of the phoney money they would hand write–“Vote for Phoebe for Treasurer.” Today and tomorrow she planned to hand them out to the students in the hallways and in class.

She came home from school visibly upset because she was told that her campaign was inappropriate. Wait for it, wait for it . . . you would think that they objected to the…

The movie is about Baby Boomer friends coming together after the suicide of a college classmate. It was not a favorite of mine as a teen, but the all star cast work well together and make an interesting film.

If you have seen a 3-D movie today and compare it with this… there is no comparison. Remember those awful glasses we had to wear? I thought I was seeing double most of the time…

16. Scarface (Universal Pictures) starring Al Pacino. Crime

Roger Ebert wrote “DePalma and his writer, Oliver Stone, have created a gallery of specific individuals, and one of the fascinations of the movie is that we aren’t watching crime-movie clichés, we’re watching people who are criminals.” He later added it to his “Great Movies” list. This is an extremely violent film. If you are into that kind of drama, then this is your movie.

What is one of the major accessories that accentuates your wardrobe? Earrings! For the 80s gal, your outfit was not complete until you had the BIGGEST and BOLDEST pair on your ears. One of my FAVE 80s sites,Like Totally 80s, said it best about this fashion statement:

You know how cute Christmas ornaments look on a tree? During the 80s we thought the same would apply to our ears. Huge earrings from various costume jewelry collections were all the rage and if your earrings didn’t touch your shoulder, they weren’t big enough.

With that sentiment in mind, here is a peek into some of these awesome accessories:

Are you shocked that Madonna was one of the inspirations behind the HUGE earrings? NOT!

LARGE loops were all the rage as well.

Neon Colors were an ample part of the 80s wardrobe.

Guys wore earrings as well. Remember this guy?

How about this REBEL Rocker?

Remember when Claire gave Bender the earring at the end of The Breakfast Club? Not only did it symbolize a change in their relationship, up until this point, girls did not really give guys jewelry, that was mainly a gesture by boys.

Here are a pair of feather earrings.

Black and white jewelry was a prominent style as well.

Remember this lady? You should! She was a major fashion expert for the 80s. What show is she from?

Enamel earrings were very popular as well.

Wooden jewelry was trendy too!

Clip on earrings were worn, but not by me!!

Earrings! Earrings! They are everywhere!

If you were an 80s gal, you wore some of these earring styles. They were so much fun! I have several pairs that I kept for nostalgia’s sake. My kids have taken off with some of them, so those may be destroyed… Do you still have your earrings? What were your favorite pair? If you are having an 80s themed party, don’t forget to put on the earrings! Wear them LOUD and PROUD!

When I was a kid, I got a Rubik’s cube. I mixed it up and tried to solve it several times to no avail. Finally, after much frustration, I tore it apart and put it back together again and that was that! I did solve it, once, without cheating, with the help of this book, “The Simple Solution to Rubik’s Cube” by James G. Nourse. People like me need assistance!

It was invented by a Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture, Ernő Rubik, in 1974. The puzzle was originally called the “Magic Cube” and was released in Hungary in 1977. The three dimensional puzzle made its worldwide debut in 1980 under a new name, “Rubik’s Cube.”

This is what it looks like mixed up:

Here is the book that helped me solve it:

This is what it looks like solved:

Here is how Wikipedia describes this complex device:

In a classic Rubik’s Cube, each of the six faces is covered by nine stickers, each of one of six solid colours (traditionally white, red, blue, orange, green, and yellow, where white is opposite yellow, blue is opposite green, and orange is opposite red, and the red, white and blue are arranged in that order in a clockwise arrangement). An internal pivot mechanism enables each face to turn independently, thus mixing up the colours. For the puzzle to be solved, each face must be returned to consisting of one colour. Similar puzzles have now been produced with various numbers of sides, dimensions, and stickers, not all of them by Rubik.

Today, its popularity remains in tact. The updated versions come in many shapes and sizes. Check these out:

They come in all kinds of patterned stickers. Here is a flower one:

Here’s a keychain!

They light up too!!

This incredible invention has made its way on the art scene as well. This Great Wall of Rubik’s Cubes was amazingly built using 85,794 puzzles and is the work of Designer Josh Chalom. He has been making Rubik’s cube art for about five years at his studio in Toronto (Cube Works Studio). This mosaic is 220ft long and 13ft tall and shows the skyline of Macau.

Here is a 17-by-8.5-foot depiction of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” rendered entirely in three-inch Rubik’s Cubes. It has 4,050 Rubik’s cubes.

This is a 2,000 lb., 29X15 ft. mosaic of Michelangelo’s “Hand of God” from the Sistine Chapel. There are 12,090 cubes in this incredible work of art.

I don’t know if Mr. Rubik could have imagined the craze his little cube would cause, but many generations have enjoyed it and still do. So, thank you, Mr. Rubik for inventing this incredibly fun toy. You even inspired my 18 year old to challenge her mind. She had a friend teach her the algorithms and she can solve it in under a minute. Her teacher was into that speed cubing (did you know they have competitions for this?) and taught her well. It is fascinating to see her solve the puzzle. My brain just doesn’t work that well… lol

This made me laugh, because this is how I look when I try to solve it…